• MSNBC’s David Shuster calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform, the Sotomayor hearings, and other topics of the day.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian Margaret Cho calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about her new fall tour, her appearance on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” tonight, and her new Lifetime series, “Drop Dead Diva.”
• The battle to overhaul health care intensified yesterday, with President Obama accusing GOP critics of putting politics ahead of policy and a top GOPer saying Dems’ plans would undermine the country’s economic future.
• Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said yesterday that a closed-door meeting between Dems and GOPers resulted in a tentative agreement on several substantive issues as part of what is considered the first possible bipartisan health care bill, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was willing to limit a proposed tax increase after Dems threatened a revolt on the issue.
• The Obama administration’s annual midsummer budget update is sure to show higher deficits and unemployment and slower growth than projected in February, and that could complicate his efforts to get his signature health care and global-warming proposals through Congress. The release of the update has been put off until the middle of next month, giving rise to speculation they’re trying to delay the bad news until Congress leaves town on summer recess.
